05/12/2024

Worker Pay Stagnates Amid Meager Productivity Gains

Compensation growth for American workers is stuck in neutral, suggesting the labor market has more slack than the relatively low unemployment rate suggests.

A gauge of compensation costs that takes into account changes in worker productivity rose 2% in the third quarter from a year earlier, the Labor Department said Thursday. The change in unit-labor costs is the latest marker indicating little breakout in workers’ paychecks.

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